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dear_prudence) wrote2008-09-21 05:43 am
dear_prudence) wrote2008-09-21 05:43 am
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travel update the seventh - special david tennant edition
still in stratford!
our gorgeous friend giselle, who is currently living and working in england, came up to stratford to see us while we are here. she's staying at the same b&b as us, so we hung out last night, and then she came over this morning so we could go for a walk together and have some breakfast. we took some food down to the banks of the avon and sat there and ate for a little while, but all the giant geese and swans kind of freaked my shit out, so we ended up leaving pretty soon (but not before giselle got BITTEN BY A GOOSE!).
lady macbeth statue encountered on our walk
sajee patting falstaff's belly
we decided that it would be fun to take a boat ride on the avon, and it turned out to be a very pleasant way to spend half an hour. this town is incredibly busy and crowded, so being on a boat was actually quite relaxing and quiet
from the boat, a view of the swan theatre, home theatre of the rsc, which is currently being redeveloped.
holy trinity church, as seen from our boat on the river
after that it was time to head back to the courtyard theatre for the matinee of hamlet
i ran into a woman from wardrobe and she told me that david tennant would be making a stage door appearance today, but that most of the time people who haven't actually been to the show line up around the barrier well before the show is over, and that if you come out once the show is finished you'll be too late to get a spot on the barrier where you're likely to get an autograph. i pondered this as i went into the theatre and decided, after much angsting, to duck out at interval and wait at the stage door from then. woudn't have done it if i hadn't seen the play the night before, but this was probably my one chance to meet him in person and wasn't going to miss it! it turned out to be a good plan...
i love this photo, because he's telling the psychos in the crowd off for crushing those of us at the front up against the barrier (there was a tiny girl next to me and she was getting quite squished). he's my hero.
this is him actually signing my programme
he was behind a barrier, and rushing to sign as many people's things as possible, so he couldn't pause to take photos with people. this is the closest i could manage :p
he was completely adorable and talked to this tiny little girl who had brought him a chocolate with his name on it. it was so cute.
you could see him taking a deep breath and bracing himself before he came out, but while he was out there he was completely gracious and charming. we spoke briefly, and he was very sweet. i marry him now, k?
our gorgeous friend giselle, who is currently living and working in england, came up to stratford to see us while we are here. she's staying at the same b&b as us, so we hung out last night, and then she came over this morning so we could go for a walk together and have some breakfast. we took some food down to the banks of the avon and sat there and ate for a little while, but all the giant geese and swans kind of freaked my shit out, so we ended up leaving pretty soon (but not before giselle got BITTEN BY A GOOSE!).
lady macbeth statue encountered on our walk
sajee patting falstaff's belly
we decided that it would be fun to take a boat ride on the avon, and it turned out to be a very pleasant way to spend half an hour. this town is incredibly busy and crowded, so being on a boat was actually quite relaxing and quiet
from the boat, a view of the swan theatre, home theatre of the rsc, which is currently being redeveloped.
holy trinity church, as seen from our boat on the river
after that it was time to head back to the courtyard theatre for the matinee of hamlet
i ran into a woman from wardrobe and she told me that david tennant would be making a stage door appearance today, but that most of the time people who haven't actually been to the show line up around the barrier well before the show is over, and that if you come out once the show is finished you'll be too late to get a spot on the barrier where you're likely to get an autograph. i pondered this as i went into the theatre and decided, after much angsting, to duck out at interval and wait at the stage door from then. woudn't have done it if i hadn't seen the play the night before, but this was probably my one chance to meet him in person and wasn't going to miss it! it turned out to be a good plan...
i love this photo, because he's telling the psychos in the crowd off for crushing those of us at the front up against the barrier (there was a tiny girl next to me and she was getting quite squished). he's my hero.
this is him actually signing my programme
he was behind a barrier, and rushing to sign as many people's things as possible, so he couldn't pause to take photos with people. this is the closest i could manage :p
he was completely adorable and talked to this tiny little girl who had brought him a chocolate with his name on it. it was so cute.
you could see him taking a deep breath and bracing himself before he came out, but while he was out there he was completely gracious and charming. we spoke briefly, and he was very sweet. i marry him now, k?